ONR’s Massive Multiplayer Online Wargame Leveraging the Internet, or MMOWGLI, is scheduled to run for three weeks and recruit more than 1,000 players from across government. Though the current scenario is battling pirates, ONR is experimenting with MMOWGLI to see how online collaboration from a diverse group of players could solve real-life problems.

“At this stage, however, MMOWGLI is a simply a pilot/demonstration project,” said Garth Jensen, director of innovation for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock division. “Therefore, we are exploring whether doing something like MMOWGLI within Navy is feasible, and if so, what we might learn from the experience.”